Kristi Lyons

I've been working through the "Root Box Brochure" in Chapter 4 of the Publisher Workbook. When I dragged and dropped a section of text ("How It Works" and the 3 bullet points) into the text frame, the interlinear spacing was much too large, even after assigning a text style to it as directed. After several failed attempts to fix it, I tried to delete the text frame and the text within (to start all over)--but could not. I could not even delete the layer. ??

It's actually very easy! First draw out your target text frame, so your text has someplace to go. Select your text with the Text Frame tool. Then let up on the mouse button. (Your text should remain highlighted.) Then, still with Text Frame tool, click within your highlighted text and hold the mouse button down. Drag the mouse to where you want the text to be. It will look as though nothing is happening--except that your cursor will be a bold red X. Once you get into your text frame, a blue cursor bar appears in the upper left. Let go of the mouse button, and the text will then populate your frame. Voila.